(a) Name: (i) one structural isomer of glucose. (ii) the process by which starch is converted to glucose. (b) The open-chain structure of glucose is shown below.
(a) State the functional groups present in the structure. (ii) Which of the functional groups would react with warm Fehling's solution?
Explanation
(a)(i) Fructose (ii) Starch is converted to glucose by enzymatic hydrolysis of the starch. (b)(i) Carbonyl group and the alkanol functional group (ii) It is the alkanol group that reacts with warm Fehling's solution.
